Choosing between the Amazon Omni QLED and the Sony A95K depends on your preferences and budget. The Amazon Omni QLED is less expensive and offers a solid overall picture quality with decent performance across various content types. It's more suitable for casual viewing and gaming, and its bright room performance is good.
On the other hand, the Sony A95K costs significantly more, but it provides superior picture quality, making it an excellent choice for movie enthusiasts and those seeking an immersive gaming and sports-watching experience. Its OLED display delivers perfect black levels, wide viewing angles, and vibrant colors. This TV also has better sound quality and higher performance in bright rooms, although the difference is not drastic.
If you're on a budget and looking for good performance, the Amazon Omni QLED is a capable choice. However, if you're willing to invest in top-notch picture quality and sound for a premium viewing experience across all content types, the Sony A95K is the better option. Keep in mind, OLED screens like the Sony A95K can suffer from permanent image retention, so if you frequently watch content with static elements, that's a risk to consider. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD)
The Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) has no clear advantages over the Sony A95K (OLED).
Advantages of the Sony A95K (OLED)
Very good for bright room
Excellent for dark room
Very good for gaming
Best in class for movies & TV
Best in class for sports
Best in class for news, talk, & other TV
Best in class for cartoons & animation
Excellent for use as monitor
Best in class for upscaling
Best in class motion processing
Best in class viewing angle
Best in class reflections
Key differences
Picture Quality
7.7/10
9.4/10
9.07/10
CONTRAST
10.00/10
8.2/10
COLOR VOLUME SCORE
9.1/10
LED FALD
PANEL TYPE
RGB OLED
VA
PANEL SUB-TYPE
QD-OLED
The Sony A95K (OLED) has excellent picture quality, while the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) has good picture quality.
Movies & TV
7.8/10
9.5/10
9.07/10
CONTRAST
10.00/10
6.5/10
BLACK UNIFORMITY
10.0/10
6.6/10
UPSCALING
10.0/10
Yes
HDR10 SUPPORT
Yes
Yes
HDR10+ SUPPORT
No
Yes
DOLBY VISION SUPPORT
Yes
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for movies & TV, while the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) is good.
The Amazon Omni QLED TV provides a good experience for movies and cinematic TV with decent contrast, local dimming, and black uniformity, but it may fall short in providing the deepest blacks and uniformity compared to the Sony A95K OLED, which excels in these areas offering perfect blacks and exceptional local dimming that enhance viewing experience significantly, especially in dark room conditions. Conversely, while the Sony A95K OLED offers superior colors out of the box and color volume, its viewing angles are more accommodating; the Amazon Omni QLED, although slightly less impressive in these areas, still performs well and could be more budget-friendly.
Sports
6.0/10
9.5/10
3.2/10
MOTION PROCESSING
10.0/10
60Hz
REFRESH RATE
120Hz
8.0/10
INPUT LAG SCORE
10.0/10
6.6/10
UPSCALING
10.0/10
7.6/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
Yes
HLG SUPPORT
Yes
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for sports, while the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) is only fair.
Gaming
6.4/10
8.9/10
6.1/10
RESPONSE TIME SCORE
9.4/10
8.0/10
INPUT LAG SCORE
10.0/10
3.2/10
MOTION PROCESSING
10.0/10
75.0/100
GAMING LOCAL DIMMING
100.0/100
6.5/10
GAME HDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
8.3/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is very good for gaming, while the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) is only fair.
The Amazon Omni QLED has fair response time and very good input lag, which can affect precision and reactivity in gaming, but may be suitable for casual gaming. On the other hand, the Sony A95K offers excellent response time and the best input lag, alongside a higher refresh rate, delivering a smoother and more responsive gaming experience for serious gamers.
Cartoons & Animation
8.3/10
9.5/10
8.0/10
COLOR GAMUT SCORE
9.3/10
8.2/10
COLOR VOLUME SCORE
9.1/10
7.6/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
7.6/10
COLORS OUT OF THE BOX SCORE
9.3/10
7.0/10
GRAY UNIFORMITY
9.8/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for cartoons & animation, while the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) is very good.
The Sony A95K's superior color performance is due to its 'excellent' scores in colors out of the box and color gamut, which ensure vibrant and accurate images for cartoons and animations, whereas the Amazon Omni QLED, while still 'very good' in these areas, may not deliver the same level of color richness. Additionally, the Sony A95K has better color volume, which helps it maintain color richness at different brightness levels, contrast for depth in images, and SDR brightness for better viewing in all lighting conditions.
News, Talk, & Other TV
7.7/10
9.5/10
7.6/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
6.6/10
UPSCALING
10.0/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for news, talk, & other TV, while the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) is good.
The Amazon Omni QLED has decent upscaling, which is important for news and talk shows often broadcasted at lower resolutions, and its good SDR brightness ensures visibility in brighter rooms. However, the Sony A95K excels with better upscaling quality, which makes lower resolution content look sharper, and superior colors out of the box, offering rich and accurate colors for an immersive viewing experience, though it might be less suitable for very bright rooms due to its nature as an OLED.
Bright Room
6.9/10
8.6/10
5.3/10
VIEWING ANGLE
10.0/10
7.6/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
6.3/10
HDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
8.0/10
6.0/10
REFLECTIONS SCORE
10.0/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is very good for bright room, while the Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) is only fair.
The Amazon Omni QLED has fair performance in bright rooms mainly because it handles reflections reasonably but falls short with less impressive SDR and HDR brightness levels. In contrast, the Sony A95K excels in bright environments due to its superior handling of reflections and significantly higher brightness in both SDR and HDR, which helps maintain picture quality despite ambient light.
Cost
$600
$2,997
$0
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
The Amazon Omni QLED (LCD) has a price of $600 and the Sony A95K (OLED) costs $2,997.
"This really is a TV designed for the streaming generation ... And it’s good to see support for both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision because it means more of the content you stream will be available in HDR. Overall, the Omni QLED is an impressive TV. It’s pretty bright, has good contrast and – thanks to those quantum dots – vibrant colours."
"A95K will be one of the highest-performing TVs of the year, if not the hottest TV of 2022. The color on the Sony A95K is the most accurate I have ever seen. Certain hues of red just haven’t been produced on a TV … until now. Perhaps with deeper scrutiny, I may one day find some nit to pick, but in the time I was able to spend with the A95K, I was simply thrilled."
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About Amazon
Amazon, the largest online retailer in North America, has forged partnerships with TCL and Hisense to produce white-label TVs incorporating their Fire OS software. These Amazon-branded TVs typically compete in the low-end and mid-range segments, offering compelling price points. Leveraging their strong reputation, Amazon has swiftly built brand trust in the TV market despite being relatively new to it. To enhance their popularity, these TVs integrate features from the Amazon ecosystem, including Alexa, providing users with a seamless and interconnected TV experience.
About Sony
Sony stands as a highly experienced and widely trusted TV manufacturer, earning a reputation that surpasses all others. A Japanese company, Sony has been making TVs for far longs than it has been making Playstation game consoles. Sony's high-end TVs are often regarded as the ultimate choice for videophiles, representing the epitome of quality, albeit at a premium price point. Renowned for their advanced and precise motion handling, as well as their cutting-edge local dimming algorithms, Sony consistently delivers unparalleled performance in these areas. They include Google TV software with all their TV sets, which grants access to the largest selection of apps available and they also include Bravia Core which is a movie streaming platform specifically for Sony TVs that offers higher picture quality by using more bandwidth.
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